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Photos: Making beautiful music with the earliest computers
Photo Applegate, who has worked with former Blur frontman Damon Albarn, hopes Obsolete will put the spotlight on the UK's computing heritage and the tech treasures within The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) at Bletchley. [10 Mar 2009]
Human robots, Android Magic and classic radar tech
Photo A robot called Berti - or Bristol Elumotion Robotic Torso 1 to you - was on display at London's Science Museum last month, where it showed off its numerous human-like gestures. Photo credit: The National... [02 Mar 2009]
Why the National Gallery isn't following the tech herd
News At the National Gallery, head of IS Len Nunn knows that the injudicious use of technology can put off the museum's visitors. But the museum is planning to update some parts of its public-facing tech: its... [23 Feb 2009]
Photos: Robots learn how to get friendly with humans
Photo Berti has been on display at London's Science Museum this week and silicon.com went along to meet him. Also on show at the Science Museum was Erwin (emotional robot with intelligent networks), a robot... [20 Feb 2009]
Photos: Classic Iris radar gets vision back
Photo The tech that kept the airspace over southern England safe for decades is back in action at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC), at WWII code-breaking centre Bletchley Park. Photo credit: The National... [16 Feb 2009]
Shared services - latest museum exhibit?
News The heads of IS at national museums including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum, the National Gallery and the Science Museum, among others, meet roughly once per quarter... [06 Feb 2009]
Mac history, Windows 7 and a high-tech KFC
Photo Photo credit: Computer History Museum Apple unveiled its first Macintosh 25 years ago and the Mac has been a mainstay of the company's product line-up since then. Shown here is the £9,000 Mac built for Apple's 20th... [28 Jan 2009]
Inside the V&A's boiler room
News The Victoria and Albert Museum's IT department - dubbed the "boiler room" by its information systems services head Sarah Winmill - is just completing a two-year programme of major infrastructure overhaul. [26 Jan 2009]
Photos: Macs through the ages
Photo Photo credit: Computer History Museum Photo credit: Computer History Museum Photo credit: Computer History Museum Photo credit: Computer History Museum Photo credit:... [22 Jan 2009]
British Museum finds its voice with Pinacl of comms deals
News The British Museum has awarded a seven-year deal for IT support and communications services. The deal will see the museum's incumbent data supplier Pinacl providing a managed helpdesk for its... [12 Jan 2009]
2008 in film: From Gates' departure to T5 opening its gates
News The rebuild of the machine that played a major part in the Allied victory is on show at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley. The past year has seen some memorable footage come to silicon.com including Bill... [12 Dec 2008]
Tech in pictures: The best of 2008
Photo In May, the gleaming, primary colours of 1950s sci-fi icon Dan Dare met the vacuum tubes, dials and buttons of post-World War II computing at the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain exhibition at the Science Museum in London. [11 Dec 2008]
iPhone vs BlackBerry, Dan Dare and wi-fi on trains
News Ben Russell, curator of mechanical engineering at the Science Museum in London, talked silicon.com through its Birth of Hi-Tech Britain exhibition, a collision of technology and the colourful sci-fi of comic book hero... [01 Dec 2008]
Digital artefacts send Victoria & Albert on storage quest
News The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) is upgrading its storage systems to cope with the demand for images across its website.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Alongside the growing digital asset library of its physical... [19 Nov 2008]
Voice biometrics, war tech and the history of computing
News In September silicon.com had an exclusive look through the treasure trove of historical technology in the National Museum of Computing at the home of the World War II codebreakers, Bletchley Park. First up was a look at... [08 Oct 2008]
